Family History and Personal Life
She is the daughter of actor Julian Holloway and writer Tessa Dahl. Her maternal grandparents were author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal and her paternal grandparents were actor Stanley Holloway and former chorus dancer Violet Lane.
On 9 January 2010 she married singer Jamie Cullum. On 2 March 2011, Dahl and Cullum had their first child, a daughter named Lyra. The couple live in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, which was the home village of Sophie's grandfather Roald Dahl.
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